News
FirstCapital is pleased to announce that SentryBay, a cybersecurity SaaS company, has been successfully refinanced by Blazehill Capital. This new capital will support SentryBay in its next phase of growth, and provides liquidity for existing...
Thought Leadership
By Sheana O’Sullivan The recent statements from Sequoia Capital and others are gloomy. They say good times are over, growth is no longer being rewarded and companies should buckle their seat belts and focus on...
News
FirstCapital is pleased to announce that it advised on the sale of Legerity, a provider of cloud-based accounting rules software, to insightsoftware, a global provider of reporting, analytics, and performance management solutions. Year over year,...
Thought Leadership
By Sheana O’Sullivan E-commerce has exploded during the pandemic and consumer behaviour and expectations have moved dramatically, forcing retailers to embrace online channels. However, in comparison to Amazon, most other e-commerce websites offer much more...
Thought Leadership
By Charles Martin Introduction: Since early 2020, the seismic changes in working patterns brought on by Covid-19 and an acceleration of corporate digital transformation initiatives have transformed the enterprise cybersecurity space. This article will explore some of the key trends in enterprise cybersecurity in a post-pandemic world, looking...
Thought Leadership
By Sheana O’Sullivan and Hugo Dias It was when I realized I had developed stronger relationships with the team in our London office during 2020 that I saw the benefits of increased use of HCM tech by FirstCapital. I certainly wasn’t alone with this observation. COVID-19 forced...
Thought Leadership
By Charles Martin In 2019 a paper by Google researchers appeared on a Nasa website. The paper claimed that Google had built a quantum computer that could carry out calculations beyond the ability of today’s...
Smarter Thinking
By Sheana O’Sullivan On a recent call with a friend in Ireland, she inquired ‘Is it true that everyone has left Silicon Valley?’ Seemingly, it has been all over the international media that Silicon Valley...
News
FirstCapital advised on the sale of 24sessions, the video-first customer engagement platform, to MessageBird, the world’s leading omnichannel cloud communications platform. Amsterdam-based 24sessions’ SaaS video platform allows companies to deliver high-value personalised customer conversations in...
Press Releases
FirstCapital recently advised Valamis, a global leader in digital learning technologies and workforce development, on the sale of a majority stake to Nordic-focused private equity house Adelis. Based in Finland, with offices in seven countries,...
Thought Leadership
By Sheana O’Sullivan When I heard my parents were ordering groceries online for the first time ever, I realized how COVID-19 was changing things. I realized how even laggards in the tech adaption cycle were...
Thought Leadership
By Sheana O’Sullivan The extraordinary first half of 2020 has closed, but we continue to witness uncertainty in a world upended by COVID-19. Not surprisingly, the statistics show a sharp drop in M&A in 2Q...